Display Terminal Icon Positioning via Pressure Sensor and Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display terminals for smart devices lack a reliable method to persistently fix the arrangement position of application icons across different contexts, leading to user errors and increased search time for applications.
Innovation Solution
A display terminal system that includes a processor and memory to receive context information, display application icons, detect user operations, and store arrangement position information, allowing icons to be fixed at specific positions independently of context changes, using a pressure sensor to distinguish operations and manage icon arrangement positions through a network with an information management server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If application icons are dynamically arranged based on context information, then adaptability to different situations is improved, but reliability of icon position persistence deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts icon arrangement based on context information received from information management servers. Icons can be automatically repositioned according to user situation (location, time, activity) while maintaining the ability to switch between dynamic and static modes, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and persistence
Solution Approach 2:
The icon arrangement system is segmented into fixed-position icons and dynamic-position icons. Users can selectively fix important icons to specific positions while allowing others to move dynamically based on context, enabling both reliability for critical applications and adaptability for others simultaneously
2Ease of operation
If icon positions are dynamically changed based on context, then ease of operation for relevant applications is improved, but loss of time for searching applications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary arrangement of icons based on predicted user needs and context. Frequently used applications are proactively positioned in accessible locations before the user actually needs them, reducing search time while maintaining ease of operation for relevant applications
3Ease of operation
If pressure sensor is added to detect predetermined operations, then ease of operation for fixing icons is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pressure sensor enables the system to automatically detect user intent for icon fixation without requiring manual configuration. When a predetermined pressure is applied to an icon, the system self-service fixes that icon to the current position, improving ease of operation while keeping the interaction model simple and intuitive
Data Source
AI summary
A display terminal includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, executed by the processor, to cause the processor to execute receiving information regarding one or more applications via a network; displaying, on a display screen of the display terminal, displayed images corresponding to each application related to the received information; detecting a predetermined operation for one of the displayed images; storing, for the one of the displayed images for which the predetermined operation was detected, arrangement position information of the image, wherein, in the displaying, the one of the displayed images for which the arrangement position information is stored, is displayed at a fixed position indicated by the arrangement position information independently of the received information.